There will be no Sunday NFL package on television for Aaron Hernandez this season.

Hernandez, 23, the former New England Patriots star tight end, recently asked permission to watch television at the Bristol County House of Correction, but Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said no.

“He can’t watch TV at all. I told him that wouldn’t be possible,” said Hodgson, who removed television from the county jail in Dartmouth shortly after he became sheriff in 1997.

“We couldn’t alter the operations of the special management unit for him,” Hodgson said, adding that Hernandez, who is being held without bail as he awaits trial on murder and firearm charges, accepted the no-television rule in stride.

What’s more, correctional officers haven’t noticed any changes in Hernandez’s demeanor since he arrived at the jail on June 26.

“He still seems to be acclimating well to his incarceration,” Hodgson said.

Hernandez is still in the same segregated cell block — the special management unit — where he does not interact with other inmates. He is allowed three hours a day outside his cell for recreation, phone calls and showering. Only one inmate in the unit is allowed to be out of his cell at any given time.

Hernandez received permission to buy a small fan for his cell during the hot summer days, Hodgson said.

Unable to watch any television, Hernandez can read and write in his cell.

Hodgson said Hernandez recently finished reading “Tuesdays with Morrie,” and is now reading another Mitch Albom book, “For One More Day,” a novel about a troubled man that explores how people would react to having a chance to spend a day with a dead relative. Hernandez’s father died in January 2006. Several published reports indicate his father’s death devastated Hernandez.

Meanwhile, the jail’s gang intelligence unit also interviewed Hernandez and photographed his many tattoos, but haven’t yet determined whether he has any current or past gang affiliations. Hernandez said he has never been affiliated with a gang, and told jailhouse staff that the “Blood” tattoo on his right hand represents a “Blood, Sweat and Tears” philosophy.

Correctional officers decided to keep Hernandez in the segregated unit — where seven other inmates are held for a variety of reasons, including behavioral and administrative issues — because it would be too risky to expose him to general population, where some inmates could target him to increase their own stature.

“We decided to make sure we didn’t want to expose someone to that kind of situation, particularly in cases like his where he’s achieved some level of fame in sports,” Hodgson said.

Hernandez pleaded not guilty to all charges at his Sept. 6 arraignment in Fall River Superior Court. Prosecutors allege he orchestrated the June 17 shooting death of Odin Lloyd, 27, in North Attleborough because of a disagreement the two men had a few nights earlier at a Boston nightclub.

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Defense lawyers have said they expect a jury to exonerate Hernandez, who is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 9.